I Might Have Fallen in Love With My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 209 - 201 Exposed

Chapter 209: Chapter 201 Exposed

Liu Luoxi spent the night at Qingran’s home without leaving.

After dinner, she insisted on dragging Qingran, who wanted to go back to her room to do homework, out for a walk. While pulling her, she said, "Ran, you can’t keep studying like this forever, you’re turning into a complete bookworm, you know?"

Qingran didn’t want to go out, she still had a ton of homework unfinished, and now she just wanted to return to her room to get some work done, so tomorrow would be a bit easier.

Mr. Li, on the side, cheerfully said, "Ranran, your cousin is right, studying is good, but you also need to take a proper break and have some fun. Go for a walk with your cousin while it’s still light out."

Liu Luoxi became even more spirited: "You see, even your uncle says so, let’s go, let’s go."

Sigh~

Qingran sighed internally, everyone else’s parents wish their child would spend every minute of every day studying, but here she was, her parents give her no pressure to study at all.

It was past six in the evening, and though the sun had set, it had not yet grown dark.

The weather in July made even the evening breeze feel warm.

Seeing Qingran being pulled away by Liu Luoxi, Xie Ying’an also grabbed Li Qingmo, who was still leisurely finishing his meal, and, not forgetting to tell Mr. Li, said, "Uncle, we’re also going out for a walk."

"Going out for what?" Li Qingmo, who hadn’t yet managed to swallow the food in his mouth, was pulled by Xie Ying’an, his face full of refusal: "I’m not going, I haven’t even..."

Eaten my fill.

Who cares about whether he’s filled up or not, Li Qingmo hadn’t finished speaking when Xie Ying’an forcefully dragged him out of the door.

Supposedly going out for a walk, they really did just walk, Qingran and Liu Luoxi in front, with Xie Ying’an pulling Li Qingmo trailing far behind.

Li Qingmo was still complaining, "It’s so hot outside, what walk are we taking, has Liu Luoxi gone crazy and it’s contagious to you?"

Xie Ying’an gave him a sidelong glance, then turned his head back and continued walking.

It wasn’t that he absolutely needed to follow Qingran, but Ji Yanchen often appeared in this neighborhood, and his relationship with Qingran had just eased and was now in a state between friends and lovers. If Ji Yanchen showed up at a time like this, it could potentially destroy all the progress between them.

He would never allow that to happen.

"Cut it out!" Li Qingmo rolled his eyes and stopped talking.

Qingran had no idea how to persuade Liu Luoxi to break up with Liang Fan. She considered using puppy love as a reason, but does her eldest cousin give any heed to the concept of puppy love?

If she genuinely cared about puppy love, she wouldn’t be in a relationship.

After all, they were family and sisters who had grown up together, Qingran couldn’t bear the thought of Liu Luoxi being deceived by Liang Fan. Initially planning to wait until bedtime to talk, after a long walk, she began to tentatively think about how to broach the subject.

"Cousin?" Qingran watched Liu Luoxi’s expression.

Ever since Liu Luoxi talked to Qingran about being in a relationship, she had always been very happy.

At that moment, she looked at Qingran with a grin, "What’s up? Why are you looking at me like you’re constipated? Ranran?"

*cough* What kind of comparison is that, eldest cousin? It’s clear she’ll suffer from illiteracy if she doesn’t take her studies seriously.

Clearing her throat, Qingran decided to cut to the chase: "Cousin, about Liang Fan... he may not be a very good person."

Liu Luoxi’s smile instantly froze on her face, as Qingran had never spoken ill of anyone before unless that person was truly terrible.

"Wait... wait a minute, Ranran..." Liu Luoxi looked around, then pulled Qingran to sit down on a nearby bench, took several deep breaths, and said, "Let me catch my breath first before you continue."

Qingran nodded, being willing to listen was a good thing.

She was just afraid her eldest cousin wouldn’t be willing to listen, she definitely had to persuade her, and perhaps it could end up damaging the relationship between them.

After about two minutes, Liu Luoxi put on a face of resigned bravery. Her usually curved lips were now a tight straight line: "I’m ready, say it, Ranran."

Seeing Liu Luoxi like this, Qingran actually felt a bit of pity. She thought it’d be better to let someone else do the cruel task because if her older cousin started crying later, she would really be at a loss.

She asked Liu Luoxi, "Cousin, did you bring your phone when you came out?"

"Yes, I did. Do you need to use it?" Liu Luoxi took the phone out of her pocket and handed it to Qingran.

Qingran took the phone, not forgetting to ask Liu Luoxi, "Cousin, does Ruan Ruan know about your... thing with Liang Fan?"

Ruan Ruan and Liu Luoxi had become besties who shared everything not long ago, and Ruan Ruan had even shown Qingran some of their chat history several times. Qingran only read a few pages and felt the extent of their discussions was too much to bear.

Liu Luoxi shook her head with a tired voice: "I haven’t had the chance to tell her yet. I was in a hurry to share it with you first."

Who would’ve known that she would run into such a scoundrel.

Qingran cautiously probed, "Then do you mind if we let Ruan Ruan..."

Liu Luoxi knew what she was going to say next, and casually waved her hand: "I don’t mind. Call her to join us as well."

By the time Ruan Ruan arrived, it was already seven in the evening. She was holding a small bag and ran towards Qingran and Liu Luoxi with great excitement—

"Ah! Daran, Luo Xi, I’m here!"

It’s a drama enacted by three girls. Ruan Ruan handed the small bag to Qingran, and then took out a wet wipe from her pocket to clean the sweat on her forehead and nose: "I ran all the way here, it’s so hot I could die!"

The bag felt soft. Qingran casually asked, "Is it filled with a change of clothes?"

Ruan Ruan nodded cheerily, "Ranran, I’m going to sleep over with you guys tonight. I’ve told my mom and she agreed."

Ruan Ruan’s mother has always been particularly supportive of her hanging out with Qingran.

After the small talk, they got into the main topic. When Ruan Ruan heard about Liang Fan confessing to Liu Luoxi, she jumped up from the lounge chair.

"Holy crap! Liang Fan is such a playboy, isn’t he?"

On the surface, he seemed to like Wen Shiyi, then he confessed to Qingran on the school playground, and now he’s hooked up with Qingran’s older cousin Liu Luoxi.

If he’s not a playboy, then what is he, a ghost?

Seeing both Ruan Ruan and Qingran react this way when mentioning Liang Fan, Liu Luoxi had completely lost hope in Liang Fan’s character.

"You guys go on—" she leaned weakly on the back of the lounge chair, "Finish up so I can be completely disillusioned with him."

Once truly disillusioned, even Liang Fan’s face, which she once admired the most, wouldn’t be likable anymore.

Ruan Ruan told Liu Luoxi in great detail about the rumors of Liang Fan liking Qingran getting beat up, him confessing to Qingran and getting beat up... and so on.

After hearing all this, Liu Luoxi’s expression was beyond shock; she seemed to have all her energy drained, slumping in the lounge chair.

Gritting her teeth: "That bastard Liang Fan, he actually tried to play with my feelings?"

What relationship? She had already dumped Liang Fan unilaterally.

And dumping him was not the end. She must find a way to vent this anger.

Li Qingmo, sitting in a lounge chair behind them, pointed at the three girls’ backs and asked Xie Ying’an, "What do you think they’re talking about?"

Xie Ying’an’s eyes showed varying depths and after a long while, he slowly said, "Definitely not about you or me."

Li Qingmo rolled his eyes, regretting asking the question. Xie Ying’an hadn’t joined their conversation—what could he possibly know?